melkakl, v.t.prop up; support; prevent from falling; push away.
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tilekekliiv.pf.3s.past
tukaklv.pf.3p.inan.
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tilkaklv.pf.3p.inan.past
ketkaklv.recip.hold each other up; push each other away.
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metkaklv.erg.
telkaklv.r.s.propped up; supported; kneeling.
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tkekillv.a.s.is to be propped up or supported.
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Proverbs:
> Like the name of the community house at Ngerekabesang: "Buttressed."
At Ngerekabesang in Koror (central Palau) there is a community house (bai) called Telkakl, which means "to buttress" or "to be buttressed." Some of the older bai in Palau were thus supported with beams from the ground to the eaves, and the implication has been added that a bai so supported must be very full of important possessions. This idiom is used of a person who is wealthy, or of one's self, meaning that one has cash on hand.

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